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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IvaPan, post: 7228075, member: 78949&quot;]I agree completely.</p><p>Actually, according to Radzinsky&#039;s book, Nikolay II opposed till the very last moment, actually even beyond it, to the change of the constitutional order proposed to him by his counsellors and not once,&nbsp; and refused to give up the absolute monarch power he had ( самодержавие in Russian). He agreed at last when it was too late to stop the rolling avalanche. And he did it at the advice of his wife, and she most probably was influenced by Rasputin - the above&nbsp; chain reaction that has led to catastrophic results.</p><p>According to Radzinsky, Nikolay II often promised things and then backtracked and changed his mind. And the usual suspect behind this was his wife. She was very proud mother and wanted their son to inherit the same status as his predecessors. Not very clever woman, she did not pay attention to the real world events. So one day the Tsar promised the decree abolishing the absolutism, the same day in the evening had a chat with his wife and the next day refused to issue the decree. Several times. He was so much in love that he never accused her for anything even after their imprisonment and the increasing danger for their lives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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